wic and head start collaboration project...presentation to: nutrition services directors moderated...
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WIC and Head Start
Collaboration Project
Presentation to: Nutrition Services Directors
Moderated by: Angela Damon, IBCLC
Date: December 13, 2016
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Overview
• Provide a snap shot of the Head Start grant award
• Define current efforts of the pilot project
• Discuss future planning of initiating discussion with Head
Start leadership and expanding partnerships with Head
Start in the communities
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Head Start Grant
On September 19, 2016 the U.S. Department of
Agriculture’s (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service
awarded nearly $2 million in funding to six states
and territories to help improve retention of
children in the Special Supplemental Nutrition
Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC).
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Full Grants
• Up to $500,000
• 3-year duration period, and
• Evaluation component
Awarded to:Mississippi - $407,009 for development of a partnership
with Head Start facilities throughout the state
Pennsylvania - $500,000 for a multi-tiered intervention
focusing on staff training and messaging to increase
retention
Virginia - $460,350 for a mobile WIC clinic to improve
access to services in areas of high need
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Georgia - $430,124 for development of a
partnership with Head Start and Early Head
Start within three targeted Health Districts--
Columbus, Gainesville and Macon
“WIC Head Start- A Recipe for A Healthy Life”
Georgia’s Full Grant
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Mini Grants
Mini grants up to $100,000, with an 18-month duration period and a less robust evaluation component, was awarded to:
• South Carolina – $100,000 to purchase a mobile WIC clinic to service five Promise Zone counties (Allendale, Bamberg, Colleton, Hampton and Jasper).
• Puerto Rico – $100,000 to test the use of technology to combine access to participant-centered nutrition education and the optional mailing of WIC vouchers to participants, which are used to obtain supplemental foods.
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Statistics
• WIC and Head Start provide services to the same
population.
• Over 50% of children in Head Start are NOT
receiving WIC services.
• The goal of Georgia WIC is to establish a
partnership with Head Start to enroll and provide
nutrition education to all WIC eligible children
between the age of 1 and 5.
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Project Objectives
• Develop a formal system of collaboration
between WIC and Head Start in the 3 targeted
districts.
• Increase the number of children enrolled in pilot
Head start centers who receive supplemental
nutrition benefits over the existing 2015 basline.
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Memorandum of Understanding
(MOU)
November 4, 2016
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Progress/Opportunities
As of today, we have done the following:
Created a form that will go in the Head Start enrollment packets to ease the application process
Developed a Local Agency MOU shellMet with the three districts to introduce the projectDevised a plan A and B implementation in Columbus that:
• Allows the WIC staff to visit the Head Starts in the areas at least 4 – 6 times per year
• Ensure that parents and guardians receive WIC vouchers when picking up students, minimizing the transportation barrier
• Provides education to students and parents/guardians/alternates that meets the nutrition requirements for WIC
• Includes early Head Start WIC participation opportunities
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Pilot Project Next Steps• Develop Local Agency MOU’s with Head Starts in
Gainesville and Macon
• Renew MOU in Columbus
• Implement the pilot in Gainesville and Macon
• Modify the Annex
• Allocate approved funding to selected districts
(Gainesville, Macon and Columbus)
• Conduct training for all pilot staff and Head Start Centers
• Implement monitoring plan
• Identify challenges and modify accordingly
• Establish best practices
• Assess the effectiveness of the pilot
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Local Agency Next Steps
• Begin communication with Head Starts in your
area.
• Work with State Office to Develop Local Agency
MOU’s.
• Devise plans to increase the number of children
enrolled in Head Start centers in your area.
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Questions
Contact Information:
Jamila Blount
Program Operations Specialist
404-232-7846